All given a green light to call your phone whether it's listed or not.

"It can be intrusive and you have to be very careful," said political consultant Jennifer Jacobs.

So if you're on the do not call list, how do politicians get your phone number in the first place?

"They pay good money to get voter lists that have been enhanced with other information," said Givens.

Information from public and private sources.

But while it's legal, even politicians making the calls realize when things heat up near election time those calls can be overwhelming.

"Because so many people are getting them now, that people come home and having 10 or 12 of them on their voice mails and we think that can backfire on our candidates plus get lost in the message," said Jacobs.

But there is no legal way to stop them. And while the races heat up the calls will skyrocket until the day after the election.

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